By JAMI DAVENPORT
Release Date: April 26, 2021
Cover Design: Christine Coffey
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One drunken night and one case of mistaken identity turn a friendship inside out...
You’ve seen the hockey twins around campus--they look identical, but you can tell them apart by their actions. Patrick is the one who’s busy charming women. Paxton is the one in the library.
Until one night when Paxton parties a little harder than usual. Next thing he knows, he’s waking up naked next to Naomi, the girl of his dreams. He bares his heart before an awful realization sets in. He’s not the
twin she thought he was...
Naomi is the only child of a hockey legend. Partying hard is the best way she knows how to rebel against her controlling father. After a particularly crazy night, she realizes her big mistake. Her hookup isn’t the
guy she’s been crushing on. It’s Paxton, her friend, the guy who gets her, who she can always count on. The guy she’d never want to hurt. And yet, the sex was good. Better than good.
Now she’s wondering if the wrong twin might be the right one after all . . .
My Review
Excerpt
The
hockey house was lit tonight. And I don’t mean by lights.
By
drunken hockey players—myself included.
My
twin brother, Patrick, had exited long ago with two hotties on his arm. We
might be identical twins in appearance, but my brother always got the girls,
and I got his leftovers. He was way more gregarious and outgoing. I was the
quiet, serious one.
I
sat down on one of the worn, beer-stained couches and tried not to think about
what else it might be stained with. It’d probably be a petri dish of… Okay, I
wasn’t going there.
Being
alone on a Saturday night after the first hockey game of the year was bad enough.
I was a junior at Burlington University in Vermont, fondly known as Moo U by
the locals and pretty much everyone else in the state.
Watching
my brother revel in his hockey-team star status after a typically fantastic
game brought out the ugly in me. I was jealous of him, and I hated being
jealous of my brother. He was the best guy I knew and deserved all the good
things in his life. Yet being the one always in his immense shadow proved more
and more difficult. I played my supporting role as I always had, bolstering him
in any way possible, sending the puck his way, and deflecting defensemen intent
on mowing him down. That used to be enough, but this year was different. This
was my year to break out. My year to establish myself.
Beer
made me sleepy, and apparently, shots of whiskey made me grouchy.
I’d
sworn things would be different this season. I’d have more fun, get more
involved, shed my role as the smart, nerdy brother, while Patrick was the fun,
partying brother.
Did
I mention Patrick even had a cool nickname? The team called him Trick because
he’d had a hat trick his freshman year, when a hockey player scored three goals
in one game. I, on the other hand, was merely known as Pax, short for Paxton.
No good story there.
A
blonde staggered by and spilled some of her beer on my jeans. I did a double
take.
Oh, my God.
Naomi?
I
blinked a few times, forcing my eyes to focus and focus they did.
That
blonde was Naomi Smith, the
unrequited love of my life. Naomi was petite with gray eyes that had a warmth
and humor that drew me in. She’d dyed her hair blonde in the past week, rather
than the caramel color I’d so loved. I wondered if the change of color had
anything to do with my brother, who was currently working his way through the
blondes on campus.
She
wore a skintight dress showing ample cleavage. The skirt’s hem teased the
bottom of her rounded ass. She teetered on these really high heels. The overall
look was smoking, but so not her usual style, more the style of the females my
brother preferred.
“Oops,
sorry,” she said with words as slurred as mine were.
“That’s
okay.” I met her gaze, and her eyes widened when she realized it was me. My
heart rate sped up as a result. It was no secret that Naomi had a crush on
Patrick, but he was oblivious. She and I’d been good friends since our freshman
year, and I’d heard all about her pining for my twin.
She
dropped down on the couch next to me, sitting way too close for comfort.
“What’re you doing sitting here alone?”
“Waiting
for you. I’ve been waiting for you for a lifetime.” The mass doses of alcohol
I’d consumed made me bold and stupid, but I didn’t have the wherewithal to shut
up before I blew my cover, and I’d blown it good this time.
She
laughed, and it sounded like a siren’s song reeling me into my fate. I smiled
back.
“Your
dad’s a piece of work,” she noted. Not that she hadn’t experienced my dad
before, but he’d taken it to a whole new level tonight.
“I
know.”
“Don’t
feel bad. So is my dad. He wishes I’d been born a boy, or at least a female
with skating talent. He hates that I have zero athletic ability.”
We
exchanged glances. We’d had this talk before, and our mutual problems with our
fathers were one of the things that’d bound us together.
She
snuggled close to me and leaned her head on my shoulder. While she watched the
crowd buzz around us, I contemplated my next move or if there should be one.
Taking a chance, I dropped my hand to her bare thigh. She sighed and snuggled
closer. I slid my hand higher, and her legs parted while she made a happy
little purring sound from deep in her throat.
I
turned my head and Naomi lifted hers, regarding me with interest, sexual
interest, and my hopes bumped up slightly. I cocked a brow at her. She put her
hand over mine and guided it farther upward.
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